Thursday, October 28, 2010

***WOW! BLOG AWARDs ***


I had the most AMAZING surprise in my 'inbox' this morning...I had gotten up early to get a 'head start' on all the paper work I need to get done for my new career..I'm anticpating now, after a huge wait for my DH's Blue Card (let's not go there today LOL) that "Mazz's Munchkins" will be underway by the middle of November YAYOO...anywayz onto the surprise! The AMAZING Sue from Purple Poppy has given me TWO (yes TWO) blog awards...OMG...I'm over the moon and delighted, it has made my day's 'head start' so much more refreshing and all the hard work that much more worthwhile :)

The first award is "Beautiful Blogger"...and I specially want to pass it on to 10 wonderful bloggers.
Please check out Sue's fabulous blog here.

The main rule for this Award is to tell you 10 things you might not know about myself, so here goes:
1. I am a Leo.
2. My shoe size is 8.
3. I am an ex-pat Kiwi (New Zealander) and I now live in Beenleigh (SE Queensland, half way between Brisbane and the Gold Coast)
4. I am happiest when I'm with my family: 2 sons and 3 grandchildren who live in NZ and my darling dearest (2nd) husband and soulmate Ian (aka Biggles)
5. I am extremely receptive to romance - Ian proposed to be in a 1932 De Havalland Dragon (bi-plane) whilst dressed in his Biggles costume.
6. Our theme Wedding was "Biggles Gets Married" on 8th December 2001.
7. I dont read many books, but when I do its usually a topic that I'm passionate about at the time...I recently bt this book and I'm reading "Complete Color Harmony" (c) Tina Sutton.
8. I'm passionate about 'colour' at the moment, so I'm going to start a workshop today at Big Picture Scrapbooks, taught by my fave NZ artist Nic Howard called "Colour! Or is it Color?"at bigpicture scrapbooking.
9. My favourite colour is Orange
10. I have obstructive sleep apnea so I sleep with a CPAP at night

10 things sure was a challenge :)
{Drum roll please} now to name the 10 GORGEOUS bloggers I'd like to pass this Award on to, in no particular order as they are all fabulous, creative artists:

Helene (aka 2amscrapper) (Lots A Scrap )
Geli (Colourblast)
May (confessions of a chocaholic)
Sandra (the lazy scrapper)
Samantha (aka SamIam) (My Life in Notes)
Alicia (Leisha's blog)
Debz (Deb's Creations)
Mel (You and Me + two)
Mandy (Pearl Maple)
Tiff (Merry Memoirs of Me)

The rules for the 10 lovely Bloggers are:

1.Thank the person who sent you the award. Thanks again SUE :)
2.Take the Award and post it on your blog. done :)
3.Tell us 10 things about yourself we probably don't know. :)
4.Pass the Award onto 10 more lovely Bloggers, with the rules :)

{another drum roll please} The SECOND award:

What another AWESOME surprise...The beautiful Sue has given me this fabby Blog Award as well :) Here's Sue's blog, she would LOVE you to pop over and visit...O.K so the rules for this award are:

1. Thank the person that passed it to you - Thank you so much Sue:)
2. Copy the award to your blog. :)
3. Share three things about yourself that you enjoy doing :)
4. Pass the award to 5 others :)
Three things that I enjoy doing are:
1) Spending time with my family - time in Beenleigh with my DH & cat, Goggles and in NZ with my sons and 3 grandchildren as well as my extended family (Mum, Dad & 7 siblings and their kids :))
2) Spending time in my scrapping-space (actually I have OCD when i comes to my scrapping and papercraft LOL)
3) Children - specially babies and friends' kids. I love how relationships develop with them and my friends :)

Right that's Rules 1, 2 and 3 taken care of. Now for rule 4 - passing this Blog Award onto 5 other lovel, creative ladies. This is hard as all the blogs I visit are all fabulous (I wouldnt visit otherwise eh!) So {drumroll}:

Louise (Punkinscrap)
Georgia (On My Mind)
Kirsten (Kirsten's Scrappy Place)
Nolene (aka wacky Noels)
Deb L (Snapshot of my family)

WTG Gals! I hope you ALL enjoy your awards and have a happy fulfilling day and week...I'm SO lookin' forward to seeing heaps more of your imaginations and creations {MWAH} (♥ ♥ ya all) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Monday, October 25, 2010

2 LO's = 6 Challenges LOL



So you learn something new every day!! I'm REALLY happy about the way both of these LO's turned out - specially since I think I've managed to fit so much criteria :)
The top LO is of my elder son Robin on his 1st birthday..."Such Innocence" It's so hard to believe he's 27 already. The words around the edges are: “Even before the stars lit up the sky, Our little boy had a special place
in the heart of God. He’ll bring us timeless moments of wonder,
Endless treasures of joy, Countless gifts of love.
We’ll cradle him in our arms for now. We’ll hold him in our hearts forever.”
© Kimberly Rinehart
Now Robin has such beautiful adorable innocent children (as usual I'm certainly not a biased Nana) and of course alot of my inspiration and LO's come from them (including the lower one). Apart from the Kaiser pp I've also used the corrogated cardboard and some masking with Glimmer Mist. The Title Chippie has just the smallest amount of Glitter Glass adhered...The challenges for "Such Innocence" are:
1. Southern Girls - Glass Glitter used for 'sparkle' challenge.
2.Pages In Time - Weekly Sketch - by Karen.
3. Scrapping Outback - Rachelle Minette's October DT kit.

The second LO is of my younger princess GD, Shyla, having heaps of fun on her bike on holiday in Pururi Bay (NZ). My DH & I spent a short time camping at Whangaruru North Head with Robin, his partner and the GK's last Summer and we also had a ball. Yes thes pics are priceless, and I am glad to say Shy was OK:) I'm SO amazed how many sketches are alike this month LOL...The challenges for "Pricess" are:
1. Get Picky - Sketch #1.
2. Scrapping Outback - Julie's sketch challenge.
3. Handmade by Suzanne - October Sketch - by their guest designer Michelle Fowler.

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BTW I may just be MIA for a while...For at least the remainder of this week...I'm working on a horrendus paper war...preparing for my new career venture...for those that arent 'in the know' (LOL) I'm in the process of becoming a Family Day Care "Nana"...there's alot more to 'being a professional child carer' than meets the eye, so to speak and the amount of paper is one of them !! If you care to watch Mazz's Munkins blogspot ...I'll hopefully be updating there too, so take care, {heart you} hugs and TFL :)

{gotta believe in} Magic


Since its halloween I thought I'd share some pics from 2009 :) I'm also entering this LO in the "Halloween" challenge at Scraps of Darkness October Blog Challenge - where the themes are a bit different and I really love the work and inspiration there. I also specifically would just LOVE to win the random kit prize of 'SteamPunk' - my NEW craze LOL. So, without further 'a do' here it is, with close ups below; thanks to brother,Steve and my niece & nephew for the gorgeous pics xxxxxx

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

All Natural BEAUTY ...



Today I thought I'd share two LO's "same but different LOL"...This LO I learned in one of Geli's classes at her home...YES the best part was learning how to make the most beautiful gorgeous satin flowers :). The left hand LO, using Crate pp is a photo of my MIL, Rita, taken when she was a young opera singer. I just love the orange and pink together, for a change and orange is Rita's favourite colour. As Rita is now in a retirement home and can't really have much in her room, I'm hoping she will like this LO framed for her wall. The LO above is a photo of my Mum taken at her debutant ball in 1957. This is Bo Bunny pp and I'm entering this LO in Joanne's monthly challenge at Scrapping Outback. I adore the title I've used on both LO's as they both really show the beauty in both these precious mothers. I have popped close-ups of these Lo's below for you to peek at if you wish :) Here's hoping you've had a great weekend and the week ahead brings greatness for you all xxx TFL xxx

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Beautiful


I recently learned how to make these gorgeous flowers with centres, dipped in glitter glass. My gorgeous peaceful friend Geli taught the class and I LOVE it...and I love the pics of course of my BEAUTIFUL grandaughters (and I'm not biased either LOL) I hope you're all having a great weekend as we have AWESOME sunshine, almost summer here in SE Queensland :) TFL xxx

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Total Treasure


This is a LO I've done recently at a class held by Rachelle at Scrapping Outback...LO is of princess GD Paige on her 2nd birthday on her new swing and slide set, I just adore that smile :) oh she is just such a TOTAL TREASURE.I do hope you're all having a great week xxx

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